The Rabbit

… He sat down close where I could see,
And his big still eyes looked hard at me,

His big eyes bursting out of the rim,
And I looked back very hard at him.
~Elizabeth Madox Roberts

Out for a stroll

“In every walk with nature one receives far more than he seeks.” ~John Muir

“Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than outright exposure. The fearful are caught as often as the bold.” ~Helen Keller

“God has strewn our paths with wonders and we certainly should not go through Life with our eyes shut.” ― Alexander Graham Bell

“I have never found a companion that was so companionable as solitude.” ~Henry David Thoreau